This
country is pretty crazy and all the keyboards are different and it is
driving me nuts. So anyways I took a train last week down here. It was
only about two hours so that was nice. Saying goodbye to people in Namur
was really weird but everyone was telling me to come back and visit so
that is pretty sick. Luxembourg is insane! They speak so many different
languages. Luxembourgish, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish and
English. What sucks is so many people speak Portuguese. But hey, it's
okay, I am learning. Haha not really, it's a whacked language--no
offense Matt. But I can now say, "I am a missionary for the Church of
Jesus Christ," then I just give them a pamphlet. Who would have guessed
that I would be carrying around stuff in Portuguese!
So anyways this place is super nice. It's got to be the cleanest, richest city in the world which has upsides and downsides. We are constantly saying we need to find the ghetto cause poor people accept the gospel. Unfortunately the ghetto here is still super nice. I have spoken tons of English here because most the people that know German and Luxembourgish know English too, but I need to speak more French! Me and my comp speak it here and there just to use it. My comp is Elder Manivanh, he is from Washington but his parents are from Laos originally. He has been out about 3 months longer than me and this is his third transfer in Luxembourg so that is good he knows the ville really well. He is super chill and we are getting along really well. I am sure we will have a fun transfer together.
So anyways this place is super nice. It's got to be the cleanest, richest city in the world which has upsides and downsides. We are constantly saying we need to find the ghetto cause poor people accept the gospel. Unfortunately the ghetto here is still super nice. I have spoken tons of English here because most the people that know German and Luxembourgish know English too, but I need to speak more French! Me and my comp speak it here and there just to use it. My comp is Elder Manivanh, he is from Washington but his parents are from Laos originally. He has been out about 3 months longer than me and this is his third transfer in Luxembourg so that is good he knows the ville really well. He is super chill and we are getting along really well. I am sure we will have a fun transfer together.
So far things have been kinda slow. We are in the process of trying
to find new people to teach. So far we have found two so that is good
but this week we definitely need to find some more. We do have a recent
convert that I just freakin' love though. His name is Sabri and he is
Albanian. The only way the elders could teach him is through google
translate and Skype with missionaries in Albania, so that is cool. It's
always crazy to teach him.
The ward here is super cool we have an awesome DMP and we go to his
house every Friday after our meeting with him. He is English so that is
kinda fun.
So anyways, every Saturday we play soccer with a bunch of
people so now I am joining the cool missionaries like Matt and Erik and
playing soccer! I did quite well surprisingly, I scored two goals and
had an assist. I am looking forward to playing again.
Well that is about everything I have to say this week. So far I like it here, but it is definitely a huge adjustment.
Elder Lerdahl
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